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	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete multiple demo</title>
	<link type="text/css" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ui/jquery.ui.autocomplete.js"></script>
	<link type="text/css" href="../demos.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	<style type="text/css">
	.ui-autocomplete-loading { background: white url('images/ui-anim_basic_16x16.gif') right center no-repeat; }
	</style>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	$(function() {
		function split(val) {
			return val.split(/,\s*/);
		}
		function extractLast(term) {
			return split(term).pop();
		}
		
		$("#birds").autocomplete({
			source: function(request, response) {
				$.getJSON("search.php", {
					term: extractLast(request.term)
				}, response);
			},
			search: function() {
				// custom minLength
				var term = extractLast(this.value);
				if (term.length < 2) {
					return false;
				}
			},
			focus: function() {
				// prevent value inserted on focus
				return false;
			},
			select: function(event, ui) {
				var terms = split( this.value );
				// remove the current input
				terms.pop();
				// add the selected item
				terms.push( ui.item.value );
				// add placeholder to get the comma-and-space at the end
				terms.push("");
				this.value = terms.join(", ");
				return false;
			}
		});
	});
	</script>
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<div class="demo">

<div class="ui-widget">
	<label for="birds">Birds: </label>
	<input id="birds" size="50" />
</div>

</div><!-- End demo -->

<div class="demo-description">
<p>
Usage: Enter at least two characters to get bird name suggestions. Select a value to continue adding more names.
</p>
<p>
This is an example showing how to use the source-option along with some events to enable autocompleting multiple values into a single field.
</p>
</div><!-- End demo-description -->

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